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KENNETH WHYLD HARD COVER MR CHESS THE ORTYIT SARAPU STORY The autobiography of New Zealand's best-known chessplayer 160 pages (approx) 210mm x l48mm Price $34.$ Four colour cov6r 10 black and white photoqrapl CJS Purdy's Fine Art of Chess Annotation and Othet Thoughts lfi) annotated games Price 342.@ First .EVERYTHING FOR CHESS AT N.Z-C.S' National Rapid Champion NEW ZEALAND CHESS STOP PRESS is the official journal of the New Zealand Chess Latvian Gambit There was a three wey tio for New Zealand Chess Federation published bimonrhly (February, first between Russell Dive, Vernon Small and EDITORIAL ANNOUNCEMENT April, June, August, October, December). Roger (6/7) Nokes followed by Ortvin Srrapu The New Zealand Chess Federation has Caken over production of NZ Chess. This the (sth). follows Special prizes were awarded to James resignation of Bill Ramsay as Editor. The Federation is introducing a number of innovations in the All correspondence, subscription renewals, Turnbull under 1800, Ben Giles undor l4OO, content and presentation of the magazine, the first of which will be apparent to readers of this issue. changes of address, advertising inquiries, under years 14 Craig Chilvers, under 18 ycars Comments and suggestions are always welcome. articles and other copy should be addressed to Giles and Tumbull, best woman Winnio Ong N.Z. Chess, P.O.Box j130, Wellington. and the Latvian Gambit to Chris Stott. Contents Opinions expressed in articles, letters and Best games Extended other Civic Easter Alan Winfield (5) won thc 1993 4 from the 100th Congress. annoLations by IM Vernon Small and IM contributions are those of the authors. Letters Civic Easter from Ted Frost (4%). In thirtt Ortvin Sarapu of games played by the International Masters, which were awarded Best Game to the editor on any chess topic are welcome; place were Richard Glover, peter King, Martin prizes in the NZ Championship. limit 150 words, and marked "for publication." Post, and Ross Jackson (4). The B grado wus shared by Pat Cunningham, Tom van 9 How the Reserve Championship was won. Arthur Pomeroy reports. Bodegraven, Lawrence Farrington, Chrio Bums, ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES Hendrix Mahaki and John Gillespie (3). 12 Michael Schwass reports on the Mqior Open. Surface mail New Zealand $NZ18.OO NZ Junior The 1993 NZ Junior Champion is 13 nU JD Sarfati annotates a Other countries Selection of Games from the Mqior Open, including the Best $US2O.00 Edward Swayne (5) from Matthew Vinccnt and Airmail Game. David Cuthrie (4th). Third equal wcre Australia and South Pacihc $US2O.OO Shamnika Rupasinghe, Mark Sinclair and Other 16 fne final results table for ttre 1993 &JI Rapid Championship countries SUS25.O0 Russell Metge. Guthrie is the Undcr-16 Back issues are available - send for details. Champion, Metge the runner-up. I7 NZ Champion, FM Anthony Ker met a strong freld of GMs and IMs in the Asian Zonal Tournament in Jakarta. Ker reports on the tournament, with selected games. Fuji Xerox Otago Easter First was John ADVERTISING RATES Sutherland with 5/6 with Tony Love and Grcg Full page 17 New T.ealand News from a host of contributors. $NZ45.OO Spencer-Smith sharing second on 4th, Thc upsct Half page or full column $N222.50 prize went to Moss Wylie. Half column $NZ|2.0O 20 gil Poole outlines the latest developments in the 1993 World Championship - now sans Short, Club Notices or Classifred, $NZl.50 per Latest World Championship developmenh sans Kasparov! 15 words Karpov and Timman were both reported willing to play for the title declared vacant by FIDE. 2l frc frrst fuia Pacific Correspondence Chess Championship has just been ptayed. ICM Mark COPY DEADLINE Kasparov says the professional Chess Noble played and reports. All copy should reach NZ Chess by the second Association is close to funding its own world Saturday of the month before publication. title competition. (see story on page 2O) 2l Time to enter the 1993 British Chess Solving Championship. The deadline for the June issue is fuian Tearns Tourney Bruce Anderson has Saturday, 22 lnaernational News by our intemational editor-at-large Peter Stuart. May 14 offered to join the team. [Ie replaces Vernon Small. Unless funding can be arranged, there is Copy should 26 pU JD Sarfati annotates the games from the Candidates Final between Short and Timman. include details of coming events still a vacancy for a fifth player. for the rest of the year. 30 Council Report by NZCF Secretary Ted Frost. Copy on MSDOS floppy disks (any size) are Cover: Firsl-ever lil Rapid Chess Champktn more than welcome, they are preferred to paper! Russcll Dive with the specially cotrunlssfutned ... And coming up in the June Issue All disks will, of course, be returned. troplry presented b.y Sb Roberl Jones. Extended annolation by FM Anthony Ker of selected Jakarta zonal games....Full reports on N.Z. Junior and Under-16 Championships, the Easter tournaments and Howick-Pakuranga's Latvian Gambit....The latest Standard and Rapid Rating Lists...and more! N7, Chess winning position! I advise all players to stick to The following game shared the honour of the Best Games of the 1992193 RJI Congress the rules, even ifthat seems to be not very good Best Game of the 1992193 Championship. sportsmanship. Selected games analysed in depth by top 12 Qxd4 Nd6 16 ... b6 Metge,JN-SmallrYA players will be a regular feature Chess. in NZ White has a better pawn position and 17 Qc3 Bb7 Nimzolndian Defence Our selection starts games with the best from development. In the previous seven rounds 18 Rhel 0-0-0 Notes by Vernon Small the lfi)th NZ Championship Congress. Lukey showed his excellent play in tactical 19 Qb3! game The adjudicator,of tirc best awards positions. Here is a positional game and he Now the weak pawn on e6 is the reason for A month before the NZ Champs I had three considered that in this Championship games the frnds the going diffrcult. Black's defeat. weeks coaching from Dutch Grandmaster Genna by the two International Masters, OrWin Sarapu 13 f4! Bd7 19 ... RgeS Sosonko, mainly concentrating on openings for and Vernon Small, had equal merit so they 14 NR t6?l After 16 minutes Black could not find a better White, so my preparation for Black was limited shared the prize. Black took eight minutes on this move, Ne5 is plan. to a few days before the tournament. As it strong for White, but now the e6 pawn is weak. 20 Bh3 Ne4 turned out, I decided not to use the new material Sarapu,O-LukeySG He cannot 0-0-0 as then Qxa7. Pressure on 92 2l Rxd8+ RxdS Sosonko and I had studied, because there were French Defence is the only good point for Black. After 21...Kxd8 22 Qd3+l also wins material. still large gaps in non-crucial lines that needed Notes by O Sarapu 15 93 22 Qx6+ frlling. This decision was one of the two 1e4 e6 Now the R on g8 is out of action and White Better than Bxe6 + . The endgame without the contributing factors to my relatively poor sixth 2d4 d5 can put his Bishop on the diagonal. long Queens is the right plan, giving Black fewer placing. Blacks went well, but with White only 3 Nci Bb4 15 ... Bc6 chances to get counterplay. one win, against Spain after walking through the 4 Rd2!? Bg2 t6 22 ... Qxe6 valley of death and fearing a fair amount of gambit A variation I have used sometimes. In 23 Bxe6+ Kb8 evil. played 1948 Keres it to beat Botvinnik in the 24 Nh4 Nd6 The other factor was an attempt, after World Championship for the very first time. It 25 Nfs Ne4!? something like 20 years' play, to radically was also played in the game vital 14th match in Black's Kingside pawns are very weak. Lukey change my style, making it more complex and the Boleslavsky-Bronstein match, 1950, for the plays the best his position allows. tense than the simple positions I have specialised right to challenge Botvinnik, but White did not 26Rc4 a5 in. Sosonko paid me the compliment of saying play best and In Lucerne 1982 lost. in I played 27 Ns7 h6 that I played like a Grandmaster when the this against line GM Nikolic. After some 28 Bd3 Nc5 strategy was clear, but that I needed to get more thought, his answer was 4...Nge7!? After 5 29 Bt' experience in murky positions to round off my exd5 [Bd3 is better] I still managed to draw. By now Black had only six minutes left to style. Deeper analysis was also indicated, and 4 ... dxe4 reach move 40.